Where does $120,000 rank in Colleges on the Ontario Sunshine List?
On the 2025 Sunshine List for Colleges (public-sector salaries $100K+), a $120,000 salary beats 32% of the 10,926 Colleges salaries — roughly 7,319 were paid more — and roughly 8% short of the Colleges median of $131,035.
Percentile
32ndHigher than 32% of the list
Paid more
7,319of 10,926 on the 2025 list
Paid less
3,464143 within the same $1,000
Sector median
$131,035salary paid, 2025
Where it sits
2025 · Colleges
People per $5,000 band of salary paid; the last bar is everyone at $300,000 and above. The highlighted band holds $120,000.
By sector
the same salary, each list
| List | Percentile | Paid more | Paid less | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All of Ontario | 46th | 210,787 | 186,923 | $122,262 |
| Colleges | 32nd | 7,319 | 3,464 | $131,035 |
| Crown Agencies | 41st | 11,003 | 7,860 | $126,260 |
| Government of Ontario – Judiciary | ≥ 6th | 680+ | 50+ | $198,433 |
| Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices | 31st | 543 | 250 | $134,436 |
| Government of Ontario – Ministries | 34th | 23,306 | 12,174 | $130,215 |
| Hospitals & Boards of Public Health | 54th | 32,208 | 40,653 | $118,359 |
| Municipalities & Services | 40th | 54,133 | 36,952 | $126,555 |
| Ontario Power Generation | 12th | 9,339 | 1,262 | $161,162 |
| Other Public Sector Employers | 48th | 7,852 | 7,587 | $120,964 |
| School Boards | 61st | 41,561 | 68,625 | $118,125 |
| Seconded to Ministries | ≥ 26th | 130+ | 50+ | $131,394 |
| Universities | 26th | 22,713 | 7,986 | $151,306 |
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Method. Percentiles are computed on salary paid (not salary plus taxable benefits) for every record on the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List filed under Colleges, in $1,000 bands. The list only includes public-sector employees paid $100,000 or more, so a rank here is a rank among the top of the public sector — not among all Ontario workers, and not among private-sector pay. “Paid more” counts people paid at least $1,000 above $120,000. Counts under five are shown as “<5”, and whenever one figure is that small the others are rounded down (“404,910+”) so it cannot be recovered by subtraction. Nobody is named on this page.